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Hahahahahahaha everyone knew this was going to happen. Go woke go broke
World Cup 2018 The 2018 World Cup in Russia delivered everything you’d expect from the biggest competition in football, thrilling upsets, penalty shootouts and a country claiming yet another title, as Brazil made it six World Cups with the 2018 crown...
Summer 2018 transfer news The summer transfer window has already been a wild one in anticipation of the new footballing calendar, with teams in Saudi Arabia and China throwing money around, Bayern Munich flexing their financial muscle and relegated c...
Football news summer 2018The end of the 2017 / 18 Premier League season delivered some twists and turns that nobody could have predicted. Heading into the final fixture Chelsea look certain to win it, sitting in first place on 81 points, with second place...
Chapter 21Scott Lańkowski stood in the locker room, arms folded and scanning the determined faces of his players. Two games left of his maiden season as Ślęza Wrocław manager, the first was away at the recently crowned champions Raków Częstochowa. Th...
It's good this, I've been keeping up on your Wordpress. Keep it up.
Chapter 20 Scott Lańkowski stood on the touchline, eyes locked on the battlefield before him. Ślęza Wrocław. Polonia Bytom. Third versus seventeenth. Current versus former employers. A win for one meant a step closer to promotion. A win for the...
Chapter 19Blazej Radler had asked Scott for some time earlier in the day. Scott had known this conversation would be coming before long, he’d seen the signs. The Sleza captain now in his third season at the club had seen it all. The old warhorse is 3...
Chapter 18 Scott Lańkowski was sitting down on the touchline at the training ground when he’d got the text. He stared at the phone like it was a bad hand in a rigged poker game. Dawid Molski. 7 weeks minimum. Strained knee ligaments. He shook his hea...
Chapter 17The winter air in Wroclaw had bit, the kind that crept under you clothes and sitteled in tour bones. Inside the office the radiator rattled like an old drunk telling people stories they didn’t want to hear. Scott was sat behind his desk, ar...
Chapter 16Scott had just got home when his phone started vibrating, an unknown caller. He was sceptiacal about answering unknown numbers, but he answered anyway‘Scott, my name is Krzysztof Holub, I’m sure you know who I am’ For a single moment the wo...
Chapter 15Scott Lańkowski was sat back in his office, fingers tapping the table, deep in concentration. A storm was brewing outside, fat drops of rain tapping against the window, but inside a real storm sat across from him, his assistant, and most trusted...
Football News Round-Up – January 2018 The Premier League witnessed it’s first two managerial casualties of the 17/18 season, both coming in January. Mauricio Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur after the club dropped to tenth in the league fol...
Love the Mastercard gag, always a classic. Good showing there against Portstewart too.
Chapter 14 The first half would be best described as a slugfest. No finesse, no poetry, nothing technical, just bodies colliding, heads thumping, studs raking up the turf at every turn and the refs whistle ringing out regularly like a judges ga...
Chapter 13 The bus ride from Wroclaw to Bytom was quiet. Scott Lańkowski sat at the front on his own, watching out the window the grey sky and landscape roll past, his Red Bull can now empty. He’d been to plenty of stadiums in his time, both in...
Unlucky getting knocked out the cup there mate.
Once you get those wingers in and add depth to the squad you'll be sailing!
I don't understand these people that do saves like this on youtube and just holiday through, why buy the game if you're not going to play the game
Chapter 13 Scott was ready and the first one out of the tunnel at kick off. His first game as manager of a team in Wroclaw, he stood on the touchline, hoodie on over the blue shirt he was wearing against the cold, a nearly empty bot...
Chapter 12 The rain was hitting the office window as Scott was sat down, the type of drizzle that seemed to seep into the bones and linger there. A single desk lamp was casting long shadows across the room, highlighting the stacks of paperwork and th...
Chapter 11 Scott Lańkowski had chosen the dive bar on the outskirts of Wroclaw for this meeting, the kind of place where no one asked questions and the jukebox sounded like it hadn’t been fed coins since the late 80’s. Sat across from him sat two men...
Ślęza Wrocław the key players The team that Scott Lańkowski inherited wasn’t dripping with glamour, but in a league where survival was the name of the game, it was a lineup that promised grit, experience, and just enough spark to keep hope alive. Eac...
Part 2 - The HomecomingChapter 10. The rain was hammering down on the streets of Wrocław, glistening something like polished obsidian under the weak light of a flickering lamp post. Ślęza Wrocław, the city's other smaller team, wearing the gold and c...
Incredible victory well done!
A Derek Dooley reference, wow! Love it mate. Unlucky with the 2 injuries before the cup final though, hope you can pull through and win it!!
Scott Lańkowski sat on the edge of the bed in the spare room at a cousin's house in Wroclaw, staring out the window at the city skyline. He could make out the Wroclaw Stadium, home of Śląsk Wrocław in the distance.The city as always was alive with its usu...
Summer 2017 transfer newsThis summer’s transfer window has seen massive moves across Europe, with record breaking fees and clubs reshaping their squads. Biggest Transfers of the Summer: Antoine Griezmann: The biggest transfer of the summer...
Set piece coach??
Chapter 9Football news June 2017 In Spain Barcelona reigned supreme, running away with La Liga winning thirty three games, drawing three and losing only two all season, both surprisingly to Real Oviedo. Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Athl...
Chapter 8 - The ghosts we carry Jim Duffy was sat in the away dressing room at Exploria Stadium, head in his hands and the smell of sweat and worry hanging in the air. The Open Cup final. Against all odds San Jose had made it here. Every game had bee...
Chapter 7 - The gamble Jim sat in his office alone, a bottle of cheap whiskey sweating on the desk. The blinds were drawn and the room was lit only by a feint glow of the desk lamp. The walls were plastered with photos ranging from Frankie Rizzi, oth...
Chapter 6 - Touching distance Jim Duffy looked at his watch as his face was a weathered mask of tension. The watch had stopped earlier in the day at 13:22, not that it mattered. He looked up and the ref was still talking to both of the captains at th...
Chapter 5 - The longest night Jim Duffy sat on the edge of the dugout at Heart Health Park, dying for a drink and staring into the abyss. Sacramento Republic, a USL Championship team, weren't supposed to be a problem, but here they were, eighty minut...
Chapter 4 - Burns and Bruises Jim Duffy stalked the touchline like a man looking for a fight, or at the least someone to throttle. The San Jose stadium was a cauldron of muted frustration, a half full house that roared at the wrong moments and sighed...
Chapter 3 - A Spark in the Dark The season opener had San Jose buzzing, but Jim Duffy felt no excitement, only the gnawing weight of expectation. The MLS Cup final still fresh in the minds, as was the death of Frankie Rizzi. The fans chanted his name...
Chapter 2 - New Season, Old Shadows The calendar told them pre season was well underway, and with it came the uneasy stirrings of the upcoming new season. Jim Duffy sat in his office at the stadium, his chair creaking under the weight of his restless...
This is another of a number of short stories I’ve written. This is a follow up to Green field, white lines. Please read that before reading this one == == == == == Jim Duffy sat alone in a corner booth in Mac’s Diner, a dimly lit place on the ed...
It's still SUSIE to me dammit
As a Geordie and Newcastle fan myself I like this!!!!!
Show SpoilerPRESS RELEASE: MLS Star Frankie Rizzi Found Dead in Los Angeles Nightclub The footballing world woke up to tragedy this morning, as Francis ‘Frankie’ Rizzi was found dead in the VIP section of a club in downtown LA last night. Police conf...
Chapter 8 - Kick off The game kicked off 2 minutes late due to the delayed arrival and confirmation that Frankie Rizzi was fit and ready to play. The stadium was a fever pitch of anticipation. This wasn’t just the next big thing coming up, this kid w...
Chapter 7 - The big day The biggest game so far for San Jose was here, the Western Conference final against LA Galaxy. For the Galaxy this was just another match, another routine win on the way to the MLS final. The kind of match for San Jose that tu...
Chapter 6 - Off the Rails The Earthquakes game against LA Galaxy was supposed to be a bloodbath, a battle for the ages. The Western Conference final was a mere 3 days after the semi final, with the overall final taking place 3 days after the conferen...
Chapter 5 - The Breaking Point San Jose were in an unlikely semi final of the playoffs, going up against Seattle Sounders, who were heavy favourites to win despite San Jose having the leagues leading scorer in their team San Jose were 90 minutes...
Chapter 4 - You’re a brand, and brands don’t crack Off the field the signs were getting harder to hide.The wild celebration at Saint Louis had drawn comparisons to Maradonna in ‘94 and the rumors of Frankie taking drugs prior to games was intensifyin...
Chapter 3 - The lossPost-Match Report: Saint Louis FC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes FC Saint Louis snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Saturday afternoon as they clinched a dramatic 2-1 victory over San Jose in the first round of the Western Conferen...
Chapter 2 - Cracks in the Armour The Earthquakes locker room was a symphony of chaos, camaraderie and testosterone. Jokes flew as fast towels, champagne popped open and the smell of sweat mixed with the tang of victory loomed in the air. Frankie had...
This is the second of a series of short stories I've done. == == == == == == == Chapter 1 - A star is born Francis ‘Frankie’ Rizzi was born in Queens, New York, and was born to score goals and terrorise defences, a freight train with Adidas...